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Under 13 Match Report

SUNDAY 15th January 2006

County Cup - Quarter Final

Lutterworth  52pts  V  Vipers  19pts

Lutterworths captain Harry Gregory won the toss and elected to play against a stiff breeze. Vipers kicked off and John Harman caught the ball cleanly and set off up field with the Lutterworth forwards driving on they took the ball to the Vipers 22 yard line to put early pressure on the Vipers defence, unfortunately the ball is knocked on and Vipers clear to the half way line. After a brief spell in the middle of the field Vipers take the ball deep into the Lutterworth 22, and from the line out they throw to the front and the Vipers forwards drive on, good defence from Lutterworth keep them out but from the maul Vipers dive over to open the scoring, conversion missed. From the kick Lutterworth start to show more composure and the forwards set up a number of good mauls for Jack Tranter to set the backs up with some good attacking ball, eventually centre Jordan Tebb, breaks through and goes round the full back to score next to the posts, Jack Tranter converts to give Lutterworth the lead.

 From the restart Lutterworth again take the game to Vipers the forwards setting up good ball for the backs to continue attacking the Vipers defence again, this time it is centre Uldis Krievs who breaks through down the left to score in the corner, Chris Gutteridge misses the conversion from out wide. Back came Vipers and a great run is only stopped by a great last ditch tackle from Lutterworths full back Jamieson Hodges. Lutterworth forwards drive into the Vipers half again and Sam Huckerby breaks from a maul to crash through the Vipers defence and score under the posts, Jack Tranter converts to extend Lutterworths lead. With the Lutterworth backs gaining confidence wingers Josh Shevas and Carlton Leavis are both thwarted by the Vipers defence, but they could not stop full back Jamieson Hodges coming into the line at pace and sprinting around the Vipers defence for another Lutterworth score, Chris Gutteridge converted the try to seal an excellent first half display by Lutterworth.

Half Time Lutterworth 26 Vipers 5

Lutterworth kick off the second half looking to build on their first half performance and with the forwards still dominating Vipers and setting up good ball for the backs to attack it was not long before captain Harry Gregory picked up a loose ball and stepped inside the defence to dive over and open the second half scoring, Jack Tranter missed the conversion from wide. Vipers were not going to give up with out a fight and it was only another try saving tackle from full back Jamieson Hodges that kept them out and when flanker Sam Huckerby broke from another maul to sprint from his own half breaking 3 or 4 tackles to dive over under the posts Lutterworth increased their lead further. Again back cam Vipers and from a penalty 7 yards out they forced the ball over under the posts to reduce the Lutterworth lead. The excellent forward play created more good ball for Lutterworth to score further tries from Sam Huckerby and Uldis Krievs both converted by Jack Tranter, a Vipers consolation try at the end saw Lutterworth through to the next round with a well deserved excellent victory.